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Uganda says construction of regional crude oil pipeline on course

PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO, HIS UGANDAN COUNTERPART YOWERI MUSEVENI AND AUC CANDIDATE RAILA ODINGA AT THE 4TH EDITION OF PINY LUO CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN BONDO, SIAYA COUNTY. [PCS,Standard]

The construction of a 1,443-km crude oil pipeline between Uganda and neighboring Tanzania is on schedule, Ugandan Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa said on Thursday.

The civil works of the 3.55-billion-U.S.-dollar East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) between the oil wells in Albertine Graben in western Uganda and Tanzania's seaport of Tanga is on the right track, Nankabirwa said.

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